Resources for Teachers - Listening

Identifying the topic

Summarizing the main idea

Identifying supporting points or examples

Understanding academic vocabulary

Inferring the meaning of unfamiliar words

Identifying words and phrases appropriate to the context

Comprehending explicit and implicit information

Classifying and categorizing information

Following an oral sequencing of information

Critically evaluating information presented

Forming a conclusion from what a speaker says

Predicting how a speaker may continue

Identifying errors in a transcription

Identifying a speaker’s purpose, tone and attitude

Identifying the framework used to convey information (e.g., generalization, conclusion, cause and effect)

Inferring the context, purpose or tone

Comprehending variations in tone, speed, accent

Comprehending concrete and abstract information

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